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The Whole Family Works
The Whole Family Works
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The Whole Family Works

Original Title: はたらく一家

1939
1h 5m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1939

Runtime

1h 5m

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Storyline

A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The fourth eldest is soon to graduate and follow in their footsteps, though he'd rather continue schooling. The eldest finally decides to break free and set out on his own against his parents' wishes, with the support and sympathy of his siblings.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 5m
Mar 11, 1939
Languages
Japanese
Director
Mikio Naruse
Mikio Naruse
Production
Toho Eiga
Toho Eiga
Production Countries
Japan

Top Cast

13 Cast Members

Musei Tokugawa

Musei Tokugawa

Ishimura

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Ishimura's wife

Akira Ubukata

Kiichi, first son

Kaoru Itō

Genji, second son

Seikichi Minami

Noboru, third son

Takeshi Hirata

Eisaku, fourth son

Seiichiro Bando

Kokichi, fifth son

Kiyoko Wakaba

Hide, first daughter

Den Obinata

Den Obinata

Ogawa - the teacher

Sumie Tsubaki

Mitsuko

Jun Maki

Kiichi's goroup leader

Kinji Fujiwa

Ishimura's fellow worker

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Genji's fellow worker

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